Opening of Asheville Growler store postponed

10:02 PM,
Jul. 18, 2013

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Asheville Growler, a store that plans to fill and sell take-home growler beer bottles, has pulled back from plans to open Monday after state officials said they would shut down the business.

Store owner Sean McNeal said he decided not to open next week after speaking with Robert A. Hamilton, deputy administrator of the N.C. Alcohol Beverage Control Commission.

"He told me in no uncertain terms that he would have me shut down if I open Monday," McNeal said Thursday. He was told that opening Asheville Growler could affect his permitting for a separate business, the laundry and pub Bar of Soap. ...